Goodrich Boats on Lake Michigan and Beautiful Green Bay - 1911

Archive

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Goodrich Boats on Lake Michigan and Beautiful Green Bay - 1911

Entry/Object ID

2002.06.005

Scope and Content

Goodrich Boats on Lake Michigan and Beautiful Green Bay - 1911. Goodrich boats served the communities of the Door Peninsula for many years. This brochure, prepared by the Goodrich Transit Company of Chicago, gives information and pictures of some of its fleet along with resorts and communities on their routes. Also included: a map of their routes, sailing schedule, information about tickets, births, transfers, meals, baggage, etc, tourist routes and rates, and a listing of hotels and boarding houses along with their weekly rates. Door County communities mentioned are Sturgeon Bay, Fish Creek, Ephraim, Sister Bay and Washington Island. There are 10 pictures connected to Door County along with 3 of the Goodrich boats that visited Door County. Physical Characteristics: 8" x 8 1/2" x 1/16" thick, 16 pages folded in half to make 32 pages, staple bound

Collection

Door County Archives

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2002.06

Source or Donor

James B. Hale

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Brochure

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Tourism, Boats, Door County, Goodrich Transit Co.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1911

Archive Size/Extent

1 brochure in 1 folder

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Early Create Date: 1911 Date(s): 1911 Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Container

Business

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 3, 2003

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

January 15, 2026